100-day campaign starts 1 August 2025

They are our neighbours, friends, and faith community members. Some, like Ali were children when they arrived, and Australia is the only home they know. Some, like Mina from Iran, are in a constant battle against exhaustion and despair. As Australian Churches, we...

LIVES ON HOLD: ‘Muru’

LIVES ON HOLD: ‘Muru’ Asylum seekers are spending years in limbo as they wait for their claims to be processed. Muru (not his real name), a Sri Lankan national, was a young man of 25 when he arrived in Australia by boat. He had turned 40 by the time he was finally...

Home Affairs and the bleak hole of humanitarian visa processing

The Australian government has been strong in its position of compassion for vulnerable women and families in Afghanistan. There is a glaring disparity between this rhetoric and visa processing systems which deny humanitarian visas – despite ample evidence of the...
Denigrating refugees: Media Watch is no exception

Denigrating refugees: Media Watch is no exception

By Peter Job Feb 12, 2025 Australian citizens and residents who originally came to this country seeking asylum, as they are clearly entitled to do under international law, have been in the news recently, through no fault of their own and not in a good way. Sections of...